Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-27
AN ANGRY DISCLAIMER.
DR.. M'GtYNN REGULATES THAT MAR
TIN LUTHER STORY.

And Tells the Chicago Land and Labor
People What of the Night-An Intro
duction by DIR. DEMONSTRATING on
the Southern Question-''Tim" Camp
bell on Cleveland and Hill.
CHICAGO June @-7.-Dr McGlynn arrived
in this city Saturday, and lectured to a large
audience Saturday night on the Gross of the
New Crusade" In the course of an inter
view he angrily denied that he had ever
alluded to himself as the Martin Luther of
the nineteenth century He said that would
be as beastly an evidence of presumption on
his part as the report of such an utterance
was rascally and villainous
When the speaker appeared before his
audience DR. Thomas was asked to introduce
hlm, and responded III part as follows:
For the first time in orr lives DR.. McClynn and
myself met few moments ago but in that little
time we find that we have much in common.
Applause He belongs to the church of st.
Peter and belong to the church of st Paul and
we are both members of the church of Christ.
Applause understand also that he is mem
Der OF the Anti-Poverty society Now some of
you younger people may think that this is a new
organization but it is not ] Joined it forty
years ago, and by trying TO he industrious aud
economical have tried 10 reduce the poverty Of
myself and others In those days we hadn't
heard of any eight hour law. We worked from G
in the morning until "a in the evening and then
did the chores on the farm and for eleven hours
work we got 80 cents a day and felt quite fortu-
nate if We got that. Laughter Now we ara
living in an age of great progress many reforms
and Announcements and in one sense in an age of
| uIsettling, a kind of chaos socially that it is
hoped may precede the period of order.
DR. McGlynn attended high mass at the
cathedral OF the Holy Name Sunday morn
ing as a wolshiper and at the conclusion of
| the services held quite a levee on the side
walk in front of the church In the after
| noon he was rendered a reception at the
Grand Pacific by the Land and Labor club
No. l, and for an hour eulogized the intrinsic
qualities of Henry George. He spoke al
length on the rapid growth of the Land and
, Labor clubs of the United States The United
| Labor party he pictured as one which, with
| George at its head-a man who wants nc
| office, but who, with thousands of others, de
| sIreS to renovate the laws-is sure to win, moi
in a day but in the future. They will ii
1855 convene, nominate a man for president
| and although they do not expect to elect then
| man, they can bother the old parties
| With their grand object in view they
can not stop to consider the damage
they will do the Democrats in New York, OF
the Republicans IN some other sections of the
| country They can and will poll l0O,0Gl
votes in New York state at the next election
He denied having made speeches for Cleveland
! favored keeping their platform simple and al
present free from any such annex as the
woman suffrage issue, and above all to ad
here to their one main obiect-the single tal
on land value He then quoted Judge Nc
CURE, of California, as claiming that the
state can tax to the full rental value, and hi
also expressed the hope that in ten or twelv,
years, at least, they will be able to compro
najse by effectins a sliding scale of rental tax
| alton.